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George Lucas
American Director
Born: May 14, 1944
Film Good People Technology Work You
Related authors: David Lynch Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Stanley Kubrick Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
You can't do it unless you can imagine it. George Lucas
You Imagination Unless Imagine
The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not. George Lucas
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Good luck has its storms. George Lucas
Good Luck Good Luck Storms Chance
Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. George Lucas
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The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side. George Lucas
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The secret to film is that it's an illusion. George Lucas
Illusion Secret Movies Film
I wanted to race cars. I didn't like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take education more seriously and go to a community college. George Lucas
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Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. George Lucas
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I started out in anthropology, so to me how society works, how people put themselves together and make things work, has always been a big interest. George Lucas
Work Me Together People Big Society Out Put Make Always How Been Anthropology Interest Themselves Works Things Started
Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't. George Lucas
You Achievement Goals Realistic Exactly Able Part Know Because Always Issue Going Where Hardest Things Set
Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater. George Lucas
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I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear. George Lucas
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Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. George Lucas
Good Think Write Writer Good Writer Although Very Screenplays
A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say to them, 'If you don't know how to make the right decision, you're not a director.' George Lucas
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The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say. George Lucas
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I'm not much of a math and science guy. I spent most of my time in school daydreaming and managed to turn it into a living. George Lucas
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Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of anthropology/sociology - looking at a culture as a living organism, why it does what it does. George Lucas
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When I was making 'Star Wars,' I wasn't restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, 'I'm going to create a world that's fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it.' George Lucas
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All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology. George Lucas
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One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys. George Lucas
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Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated. George Lucas
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Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality. George Lucas
Truth Reality Innovation Whatever Immaculate Has-Been Part Been Quest Happened
As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as 'Seven Samurai.' George Lucas
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A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. George Lucas
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I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones. George Lucas
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If you really love films, and you really want to get the full impact, there's a huge difference between watching something on a small screen with a mediocre sound system and watching it on a giant screen in a giant theater with a huge beautiful sound system. I mean, the difference is electric. George Lucas
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